Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-01-29

LICK uodEef, sue MUS, tHnluIy DAu you
see him, dear2"
eyes, 1 did," is the short, unsatisfac-
tory answer.
With frightened manner Miss Alb
bott steps forward to greet the tall, dis
tinguished individual who has followed
her sister in-law at a more leisurely
pace.
"Colonel Arnhold, I am very glad to
"Thank you," says the gentleman
thus addressed, bending low over the
small hand so readily extended. II have
been waiting some little time for you.
Mrs. Abbott said you were somewhere
ON the place, and she has been kindly
entertaining me-"
Ethel chances fdrtively at her sister,
who stands in the full light of the set
ting sun. The little woman responds by
a decided blush, and Miss Abbott is an
noyed.
$50 you we're not gallant enough to
come and find me-" she says, with an
arch smile, intended quite as much for
her sisters discontinue as for Colonel
Arnhold's enthrallment, and she sue
ceeds in both endeavors.
10 in one of her brightest moods, and
makes herself very entertaining, Ger
tainly she has golden opportunity for
so doing. Colonel Arnhold's admiration
is an emphatic compliment Besides be-
ing very rich and aristocratic, he is a
conuoisseur-his artistic criticisms are
valuable; his horses are marvels of beauty
and swiftness; the Arnhold diamonds
are superb; and, fourthly, the woman
he deigns to admire has her position
firmly established as belle. No won
der Ethelyn Abbott is pleased with the
marked attention which this aristocrat
has shown her since her arrival at her
brothers home.
And is she not pleased2 Watch her
as, now that dinner is over, the little group
of people is assembled in the drawing
room. She has been singing at Colonel
Arnhold's request, and is turning from
the piano, while he is begging for lone
more song"
"Sing 'Twickenham Ferry" suggests
Mrs. Abbott, boldly. "That is Mr.. Lind.
says favorite, she adds, turning in ex-
PLANTATION to the Colonel.
Mr.. Lindsay-ah, yes. BY the by,
w
him dash down your avenue at quite q
break-neck pace this evening" says
Colonel Arnhold, politely replying, and
then he turns to the fair songstress :
''Pray let US have Mr., Lindsay's favorite,
Miss Ethel"
To her sisters secret astonishment
Ethel complies, singing the ballad in a
manner which throws the Colonel into
raptures, and even Mrs. Abbott must
perforce acknowledge the superiority Of
his delicately turned compliments over
Jacks hearty but inelegant comment
livery jolly song, that" She listens with
eagerness to the next remark Colonel
Arnhold makes.
'Does not this Mr.. Lindsay expect to
sail with the arctic expedition2"
Poor little woman Her heart sinks
as. with an indifferent 81 believe 500
Miss Abbott leaves the piano and passes
out on to the veranda
She looks radiantly lovely as she
pauses for one moment in the frame by
an open window. The gallant Colonel
hastens to her side, and Mrs. Abbott
hears his low request and her bright
reply:
"a walk9 With pleasure. 1t is a
glorious evening"
A faint ripple of laughter is borne
back on the breeze as the two cross the
veranda and descend to the lawn.
The mellow light of summer moon
is slanting through the foliage of the
t ses which border the avenue Ethel is
walking very slowly, and the converse
tioa is desultory and not very interesting
to third party.
II want to 60 to Italy this winter"
the Colonel is saying. "Ah, Miss
Ethelyn, what a light it would be
to take you through those wonderful gal
leries of art-you are such an admirer
of its beauties"
Ethel gives little asserting murmurs,
while the Colonel continues in this
strain, and expatiates on the various at
fractions of Italy, which he does at
great length-in fact, just little longer
than his listener can stand, for her pa
thence is not her greatest virtue.
"iou are an animated guide book,
Colonel Arnhold," she says
The Colonel pauses aghast only for
one moment, however, for of course her
speech was intended as compliment,
though rather brusquely delivered.
"My dear young lady. you are most
kind. he says with bland smile, and
then the conversation becomes extremely
personal, and they walk, if possible,
more SLOWLY than ever, and the Colonel is
| speaking very earnestly.
At length they pause under the shade
of a wide-spreading EN-, just where the
avenue comes to an abrupt turn. The